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Regional Safety & Security Manager, Americas

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AnthropicSan Francisco, CA, US1 week agoWebsite
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Manager / Lead
Security

Compensation

$280,000-$340,000/yr
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About the Role

As Anthropic scales across the Americas, the Regional Safety & Security Manager (RSSM), Americas is the single operational owner of safety and security execution for every Anthropic location in the region. Our global function leaders set the standards — for physical security design, enterprise risk, and environmental health & safety. The RSSM is the leader who employs those standards in the field: directing the campus security managers, the regional systems integration team, the safety practitioners, and the contract guard force that protect our people, facilities, and research every day.

This is a senior leadership role with real ownership. You own the region’s safety and security posture, its people, and its budget, and you are accountable for outcomes at every site.

Responsibilities

  • Regional operations: Own end-to-end safety and security operations for all Americas sites, protecting employees, visitors, assets, and AI research while maintaining ASL compliance.
  • Team leadership: Lead the region’s safety and security team — campus security managers, the Americas systems integration team, EH&S regional staff, and contracted guard-force partners. Set direction, develop talent, and manage performance.
  • Incident command: Serve as regional incident commander for critical incidents and emergencies; build and exercise emergency-response plans with local law enforcement and emergency services.
  • Standards execution: Implement and localize the global standards set by the Physical Security Design, Enterprise Risk, and EH&S global function leaders — consistently across the region, adapted to site and jurisdiction — and feed field intelligence back to keep standards sharp.
  • Budget and vendors: Own the regional safety and security budget and vendor portfolio; drive cost-effective coverage, guard-post standards, and service quality.
  • New sites: Collaborate with new-site leadership teams on security risk assessments, security design input, and pre-opening readiness, supporting the transition to steady-state operations.
  • Partnerships: Build trusted relationships with law enforcement, emergency services, and government partners across the region; represent Anthropic in regional public-safety forums.
  • Culture: Champion an approachable safety and security culture that enables — rather than restricts — a fast-moving research organization.

You may be a good fit if you

  • Have 10+ years of progressive safety and/or security leadership, including multi-site or regional responsibility and direct people leadership.
  • Have led sizable teams (staff and vendor/guard forces) of 50 or more and owned meaningful operating budgets in excess of $10M.
  • Have served as incident commander for complex, high-stakes incidents and built emergency-response capability.
  • Have delivered the security scope for complex capital facility projects — a new buildout or major renovation — from design through activation.
  • Have built durable partnerships with law enforcement, emergency services, and government agencies.
  • Communicate credibly with executives and front-line staff alike, and can influence across a matrixed organization without relying on direct authority.
  • Are willing to travel regularly across Americas sites and support a 24/7 on-call posture.

Strong candidates may have

  • A public-safety, law-enforcement, or military command background successfully transitioned into corporate security leadership.
  • Experience managing large teams of 100 or more and multimillion-dollar budgets ($25M and up) across multiple disciplines — safety programs, security technology teams, dispatch function, training and compliance.
  • Direct delivery of a capital security/facility project (e.g., a new operations center or campus) from design through opening.
  • A track record building critical-incident and workplace-violence-prevention programs.
  • Certifications such as CPP or PSP; ICS/FEMA incident-command training; active ASIS/InfraGard engagement.
  • A bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) in a relevant field.
  • Experience in high-profile technology, research, or otherwise regulated environments.

Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be received on a rolling basis.

Posted
Aug 17, 2026
Last seen
Aug 18, 2026
First seen
Aug 18, 2026

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